LSU transfer DT target's visit begins in Baton Rouge
LSU is on the hunt for defensive tackles in the NCAA Transfer Portal, and one of the staff’s top target arrives to campus on Monday to begin his visit with the Tigers.
TCU defensive tackle Damonic Williams, the On3 Industry’s highest-ranked transfer portal defensive tackle who remains uncommitted, has LSU on his short list after hitting the portal during the spring window.
Williams kicked things off with a visit to Oklahoma, then took in a visit to Texas that wrapped up on Thursday. Following his departure from Austin, sources tell On3 the Longhorns are the team to beat – and there were shuffling to his plans that came from there.
Williams did not visit Colorado this past weekend despite initially having the Buffaloes on his schedule of planned trips.
Instead, Williams pressed the reset button. After initially planning to visit LSU over the weekend, the TCU transfer will now arrive at LSU on Monday.
Williams used the open weekend to visit Missouri, and now the talented transfer plans to announce his decision this week, sources tell The Bengal Tiger staff.
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Williams enters the transfer portal following two dominant seasons with the Horned Frogs where he started in every single game he played in.
He started in all 15 games of TCU’s run to the National Championship Game in 2022 after making his college football debut at the age of 17. Williams made an immediate impact and established himself as one of the top interior defensive linemen in the country after recording 27 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, and a forced fumble. He was named a Freshman All-American by two publications and an Honorable-Mention for Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year.
This past season, started in all 12 of TCU’s games, finishing the year with 33 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks, earning honors for All-Big 12 Honorable-Mention and Big 12 Defensive Lineman of the Year.
Leaving high school in the 2022 class, the California product was ranked the No. 616 overall player and No. 71 defensive lineman in the country by the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
